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Definition of Costrels
1. costrel [n] - See also: costrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Costrels
Literary usage of Costrels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Topographical Record by London Topographical Society (1906)
"Numbers of costrels or pilgrims' bottles, with loops for passing the straps ...
costrels of marbled ware with loops in form of lions' heads, pear-shaped, ..."
2. Old English Plate, Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and by Wilfred Joseph Cripps (1894)
"The very derivation of the word connects it with " flask," and with the travelling
bottles, or costrels, suspended by a cord or chain, similar to what are ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"There are good examples of blackjacks, and of leather bottles, or costrels.
There is also a rare example of a pint mug of leather. Some of the successors of ..."
4. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1866)
"... with a deep reddish brown glaze veined with white; and this kind of marbled
glazing seems characteristic of the tall costrels of the sixteenth century. ..."
5. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1902)
"Pilgrim's bottles or costrels fall naturally into a class by themselves. They are
vessels generally provided with loops for ..."
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